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The Speed Of Gravity Revealed

Posted by timothy on from the blink-and-you'll-miss-it dept.

redwolfoz writes "New Scientist is reporting that the speed of gravity has been measured for the first time. 'The landmark experiment shows that it travels at the speed of light, meaning that Einstein's general theory of relativity has passed another test with flying colours.' Researchers made the measurement of the fundamental physical constant with the help of the planet Jupiter. One important consequence of the result is that it will help constrain the number of possible dimensions in the Universe."

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  1. Re:Wow. by kakos · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Well, actually that's not actually true, depending on how you define weak (the adjective). Gravity exerts the smallest force, but it does so over the greatest distances. OTOH, Electromagnetic forces are very powerful, but only over short distances. The nuclear strong and weak forces fall in the middle accordingly.

  2. Re:Wow. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Karma-whoring asshole. Mods? could you please put this guy in his place for duplicating my post? (Check the times on the two identical posts, mine is first, this guy is just abusing his +1 posting bonus.)

    P.S. I have that bonus too, i just chose not to use it (as evidenced in this post)